Example Sentences

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Energy costs, meanwhile, are spiraling out of control.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

They try their best to fit it into models, but things are spiraling out so quickly that many climate models fail to capture the whole picture or accurately predict how our world is changing.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

The team gave Chael credit for the vital insight at the core of the new paper: that the direction in which the magnetic field lines are spiraling reveals the direction of the energy flow.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

The World is about the cycles of the universe, the ways we are spiraling upwards — we are flowing, we are becoming.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2022

“Remember, when you feel like things are spiraling out of control, breathe in, hold for five seconds, and then out.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam